School girls when waiting for a bus after school seem to always sit on the ground in a circle, chatting as they would have done back when their menfolk would have been out hunting animals for the pot, the children would have been corraled by the circle,leaving the mothers free to chat whilst preparing food or mending clothes and talking, talking, talking.

>School girls when waiting for a bus after school seem to always sit on the ground in a circle

They’re swapping the stuff they’ve just shoplifted in Coles.

Bubblecar said:

>School girls when waiting for a bus after school seem to always sit on the ground in a circle

They’re swapping the stuff they’ve just shoplifted in Coles.

they can all see one another easily in a circle

if they all sitting in a line it would be difficult to see one another and require a lot a head turning

bob(from black rock) said:

School girls when waiting for a bus after school seem to always sit on the ground in a circle, chatting as they would have done back when their menfolk would have been out hunting animals for the pot, the children would have been corraled by the circle,leaving the mothers free to chat whilst preparing food or mending clothes and talking, talking, talking.

I think you will find that the women in hunter-gatherer societies actually spent more time ‘hunting’ than the men. Women collected the main food, vegetables and roots and small animals every day. Large animal meat from hunting was not an everyday foodstuff. So it was probably the men sitting around between hunts.

:)

buffy said:

bob(from black rock) said:

School girls when waiting for a bus after school seem to always sit on the ground in a circle, chatting as they would have done back when their menfolk would have been out hunting animals for the pot, the children would have been corraled by the circle,leaving the mothers free to chat whilst preparing food or mending clothes and talking, talking, talking.

I think you will find that the women in hunter-gatherer societies actually spent more time ‘hunting’ than the men. Women collected the main food, vegetables and roots and small animals every day. Large animal meat from hunting was not an everyday foodstuff. So it was probably the men sitting around between hunts.

:)

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The men did provide not just food but skins for warmth and bones for weapons and digging.
While they were sitting around they were probably developing the ideas of strategy and critical thinking. : : :)

buffy said:

bob(from black rock) said:

School girls when waiting for a bus after school seem to always sit on the ground in a circle, chatting as they would have done back when their menfolk would have been out hunting animals for the pot, the children would have been corraled by the circle,leaving the mothers free to chat whilst preparing food or mending clothes and talking, talking, talking.

I think you will find that the women in hunter-gatherer societies actually spent more time ‘hunting’ than the men. Women collected the main food, vegetables and roots and small animals every day. Large animal meat from hunting was not an everyday foodstuff. So it was probably the men sitting around between hunts.

:)

I’ve read the opposite. Supposedly the quiet needed for active hunting compared to the discussion allowed when women were actively gathering was a big factor in the development of language. Moreover such a theory sought to explain the more loquacious nature of women when compared to men.

No, I’m not talking about when they were hunting. I’m talking about in between hunting.

:)

buffy said:

No, I’m not talking about when they were hunting. I’m talking about in between hunting.

:)

I guess it really depends upon how much time is spent hunting. I can’t imagine why men would be allowed free time that was denied to women.

buffy said:

No, I’m not talking about when they were hunting. I’m talking about in between hunting.

:)

If african tribes are a guide the men are actually the lazy ones and sit around all day doing thier hair. Serial. The women gather the food, carry the water and firewood, cook the meals, clean the huts and look after the children. The men stir every now and then to hunt but the main job is maintaining the borders of the territory.

Oh and women do the daily grind.

The tribesmen pretty much lived to the 3F regime.
Fish Fighting and I forget the other one.

Farming, the other one was Farming I think.

AwesomeO said:

buffy said:

No, I’m not talking about when they were hunting. I’m talking about in between hunting.

:)

If african tribes are a guide the men are actually the lazy ones and sit around all day doing thier hair. Serial. The women gather the food, carry the water and firewood, cook the meals, clean the huts and look after the children. The men stir every now and then to hunt but the main job is maintaining the borders of the territory.

That’s African tribes , Europeans wouldn’t be willing to shift untold gallons of water by hand either.

I’ve seen one programme where they are digging
An open cut mine – by hand!!!

Slowly shifting a shovel of dirt up the side of a mine wall

Brainless

wookiemeister said:

AwesomeO said:

buffy said:

No, I’m not talking about when they were hunting. I’m talking about in between hunting.

:)

If african tribes are a guide the men are actually the lazy ones and sit around all day doing thier hair. Serial. The women gather the food, carry the water and firewood, cook the meals, clean the huts and look after the children. The men stir every now and then to hunt but the main job is maintaining the borders of the territory.

That’s African tribes , Europeans wouldn’t be willing to shift untold gallons of water by hand either.

I’ve seen one programme where they are digging
An open cut mine – by hand!!!

Slowly shifting a shovel of dirt up the side of a mine wall

Brainless

And it’s insulting for companies to make them do it this way

bob(from black rock) said:

School girls when waiting for a bus after school seem to always sit on the ground in a circle, chatting as they would have done back when their menfolk would have been out hunting animals for the pot, the children would have been corraled by the circle,leaving the mothers free to chat whilst preparing food or mending clothes and talking, talking, talking.

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Don’t forget that all that talking has a big play in selective breeding. :)

wookiemeister said:

AwesomeO said:

buffy said:

No, I’m not talking about when they were hunting. I’m talking about in between hunting.

:)

If african tribes are a guide the men are actually the lazy ones and sit around all day doing thier hair. Serial. The women gather the food, carry the water and firewood, cook the meals, clean the huts and look after the children. The men stir every now and then to hunt but the main job is maintaining the borders of the territory.

That’s African tribes , Europeans wouldn’t be willing to shift untold gallons of water by hand either.

I’ve seen one programme where they are digging
An open cut mine – by hand!!!

Slowly shifting a shovel of dirt up the side of a mine wall

Brainless

Europeans shifted water by hand, the houses weren’t plumbed you know. Took a walk to the well or the stream with a bucket.

tauto said:

bob(from black rock) said:

School girls when waiting for a bus after school seem to always sit on the ground in a circle, chatting as they would have done back when their menfolk would have been out hunting animals for the pot, the children would have been corraled by the circle,leaving the mothers free to chat whilst preparing food or mending clothes and talking, talking, talking.

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Don’t forget that all that talking has a big play in selective breeding. :)

I doubt it

wookiemeister said:

tauto said:

bob(from black rock) said:

School girls when waiting for a bus after school seem to always sit on the ground in a circle, chatting as they would have done back when their menfolk would have been out hunting animals for the pot, the children would have been corraled by the circle,leaving the mothers free to chat whilst preparing food or mending clothes and talking, talking, talking.

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Don’t forget that all that talking has a big play in selective breeding. :)

I doubt it

Assuming its good selection

If you can be bothered reading it:

http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/faculty/gurven/papers/gurvenhill2009.pdf

An academic assessment of the roles of males and females in hunter gatherer societies.

AwesomeO said:

wookiemeister said:

AwesomeO said:

If african tribes are a guide the men are actually the lazy ones and sit around all day doing thier hair. Serial. The women gather the food, carry the water and firewood, cook the meals, clean the huts and look after the children. The men stir every now and then to hunt but the main job is maintaining the borders of the territory.

That’s African tribes , Europeans wouldn’t be willing to shift untold gallons of water by hand either.

I’ve seen one programme where they are digging
An open cut mine – by hand!!!

Slowly shifting a shovel of dirt up the side of a mine wall

Brainless

Europeans shifted water by hand, the houses weren’t plumbed you know. Took a walk to the well or the stream with a bucket.

The Africans do this for great distances probably on the hot sun

You could make a clay pipe / channel to allow water to flow to a destination.

They always seem to have money for ak 47s no money for water pipes / pumps

Anyway , this is about primitive societies of years back not what’s happening now

wookiemeister said:

The Africans do this for great distances probably on the hot sun

You could make a clay pipe / channel to allow water to flow to a destination.

Except for those ones who live near to the rivers albeit depending on hippos and crocodiles and the ones with wells and soaks.

>Echos of grunter fatherers?

sexual intercourse I bet hasn’t changed much.

transition said:

>Echos of grunter fatherers?

sexual intercourse I bet hasn’t changed much.

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More foreplay now. Both with body and mind.

AwesomeO said:

Oh and women do the daily grind.

Mmmm. The daily grind.

;)

wookiemeister said:

tauto said:

bob(from black rock) said:

School girls when waiting for a bus after school seem to always sit on the ground in a circle, chatting as they would have done back when their menfolk would have been out hunting animals for the pot, the children would have been corraled by the circle,leaving the mothers free to chat whilst preparing food or mending clothes and talking, talking, talking.

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Don’t forget that all that talking has a big play in selective breeding. :)

I doubt it

So wookie, who selected you for breeding?

roughbarked said:

wookiemeister said:

tauto said:

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Don’t forget that all that talking has a big play in selective breeding. :)

I doubt it

So wookie, who selected you for breeding?

robots

Comparing stolen hankies.

bob(from black rock) said:

School girls when waiting for a bus after school seem to always sit on the ground in a circle, chatting as they would have done back when their menfolk would have been out hunting animals for the pot, the children would have been corraled by the circle,leaving the mothers free to chat whilst preparing food or mending clothes and talking, talking, talking.

Echos of “Penguins – spy in the huddle” on TV yesterday.